Overview
NEXT-GENERATION PAYMENTS 2026 focuses on latest innovations, thought leadership, market infrastructures, services and solutions relevant for the development of sustainable and inclusive digital payments and financial services in Asian markets.
- Real-Time Payments
- Digital/Mobile Wallets
- Card-based Payments
- Digital Currencies
Asia’s payments landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by innovation, regulation, and evolving consumer expectations.
As economies push towards more inclusive and sustainable customer-centric payment ecosystems, four core channels - Real-Time Payments, Mobile Wallets, Card-Based Payments, and emerging Digital Currencies (including stablecoins and CBDCs) - are reshaping how individuals and businesses transact, both domestically and across borders.
NGP2026 explores how these payment methods are influencing face-to-face and online commerce, supporting financial inclusion, and addressing broader priorities such as ESG integration, consumer protection, fraud prevention, and the resilience and economic sustainability of payment systems.
As Asia leads globally in mobile eWallet usage and real-time payment adoption, and begins to test new frontiers in digital currencies, understanding the evolving role of each channel is essential to building payment ecosystems that are accessible, secure, and future-ready.
Theme of NGP2026: Inclusive and Sustainable Digital Payments
Why Attend
NEXT-GENERATION PAYMENTS 2026 is an insightful industry dialogue on integrating cards, wallets, RTP, and digital currencies to advance digital consumer payments and merchant acceptance.
NGP2024 brought together 285 payments industry experts from 17 global markets, from central banks, national payments systems, banks, non-banks and e-money issuers, fintechs, payment services providers, systems integrators, solutions providers and the payments ecosystem. Over 80% of delegates came from financial institutions.
The NEXT-GENERATION PAYMENTS conferences have received thousands of views and many positive comments on social media since 2023.
"The conference was valuable and engaging. The discussions and insights shared by delegates and speakers were both thought-provoking and highly relevant to the evolving payments landscape. It was great to see such a strong representation from financial institutions across diverse markets."
Abhishek Pandey, Marketing Working Group Chair, White Label Alliance (WLA)
"On behalf of the Bank of Thailand, thank you once again for inviting us. It was a great pleasure attending this event. I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and found it being a good opportunity to connect with other stakeholders."
Sirirat Junwongsasin, Deputy Director, Payment Systems and Financial Technology Policy Department, Bank of Thailand
"The event was really well run. The audience was very engaged and panels were expertly moderated."
Yen Ping Teh, Strategic Partnerships, Google Payments, APAC
"Your event was very well organised with a wide range of topics that are relevant for the audience."
John Ho, Head, Legal, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank
Who Should Attend
The target audience for NEXT-GENERATION PAYMENTS 2026 will include central banks, domestic payment schemes, international payment systems, banks, fintechs, payment services providers, payment processors, and payments technology providers. Please see the NGP2024 delegate distribution below:
NGP2026 is for payments industry participants who want to learn about and discuss latest developments and the future roadmap of consumer and merchant payments in Asia.
